Innovative variable speed pump incorporated in filters
November 1st 2006 Algerian fuel manufacturing company, Sonatrac, has commissioned two new Axsia Nutshell Filters at its Birbirkine site in Algeria. These are the first Axsia filters to incorporate Amarinth's new variable speed pump. Axsia, supplies the European market with the NATCO PowerClean system. Nutshell filters are an efficient way of treating oily water produced during the processing of oil and gas. The success of the filter relies heavily on the design and operation of the pump to circulate the nutshell fibrous media without damaging it during the backwash process. Axsia required a European pump partner and selected Amarinth to produce a pump system. Amarinth designed an elegant, compact and reliable variable speed pump system by modifying one of its proven heavy duty pumps to suit the specific operating conditions. Materials were chosen that could survive in a sour service environment containing hydrogen sulphide. More articles from Amarinth Limited: | 
